Andre Villas-Boas deserved more time to work with and develop the Tottenham Hotspur squad, Harry Redknapp said on the day his successor was fired as manager.
Three heavy defeats in two months, the most recent a 5-0 mauling by Liverpool at White Hart Lane on Sunday, resulted in the sack for Villas-Boas with his expensively-assembled team lying a disappointing seventh in the Premier League table. Spurs were also thrashed 6-0 at Manchester City three weeks ago and suffered the embarrassment of a 3-0 home defeat by struggling West Ham
United in October but Redknapp felt it was too early to jettison the young Portuguese.
"I think people are over-reacting too quickly," he told Talksport Radio on Monday. "You lose a couple of games nowvand you're in trouble, it shouldn't be like
that.
"You either think somebody is good at their job or not and when you appoint someone you should give them time and let them do the job," added Redknapp, who is now in charge of Championship leaders Queens Park Ranger
"It's far too early for people to start wanting to pull the plug on him. You've got to give him time and see what he can do," he said just before it was announced that Villas-Boas had been dismissed. The 36-year-old looked a broken man on
Sunday after his team, reduced to 10 men following the 63rd minute sending-off of Brazilian midfielder Paulinho, were led a merry dance by a Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool side.
A place in the Europa League knockout stages and a quarterfinal Capital One Cupdate with West Ham on Wednesday werebclearly of little consequence to a Spurs
board that had splashed out more than 100 million pounds ($162.98 million) on transfers in the close season. The Londoners looked bereft of ideas and desperately short of fighting spirit when they were ripped apart by Liverpool but,
looking beyond that crushing defeat, Villas-Boas also failed to recognise the importance of the powerful British press.
The Portuguese known as 'AVB', who was also sacked by London rivals Chelsea in 2012 after moving to Stamford Bridgevfollowing a highly successful spell with Porto, never got close to the friendly
rapport Redknapp shared with the media
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